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L.,B. SHERWIN, OF yHYDE PARK, VERMONT.

Letters Patent No. 85,405dated December 29, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making prr: of thelama.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, L. B. SBERWIN, of Hyde Park,

. in the county of Lamoille, and State of Vermont, have invented a newand improved Potato-Washer; and vI dov hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which' will enablethose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specieation.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of Washing potatoes,and .other articles; and

It consists in agitating the potatoes in the vessel iu whichl they areplaced, by revolving a horizontal bar, or agitator', with inclined sidesor blades on the bottom of the vessel, and also in providing the vesselwith a perforated semicircular cover, and in the general arrangement andcombination of the parts of the machine, as will hereinafter bedescribed.

In the drawingv Figure l represents -a view of the top of the vessel,showing the perforated semioircular cover, and the stay or cross-bar,for supporting the vertical shaft towhich the agitator is attached. Y

v Figure 2 is a vertical section of 'fig 1, through the line x x.

-Figure 3A is a detached top view of the agitator,

showing its inclined sides or blades.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the pail or vessel. B is the perforated cover. A C is'the cross-baror stay.

D is the vertical shaft, its lower end being supported on the bottom oftue vessel, audits upper end supported by the bar C.

' E representsthe agitator. t

This is ahorizontal bar attached to the shaft D, forming two blades orinclinedplanes, the thin edges of which, f j, run close to the vbottoniof the vessel Under the potatoes or Icontents.

The potatoes are consequently raised up and dropped over the backs of'the blades g g, as the agitator' is re-.

volved, by turning the crank h, thus constantly changing their position,and in a short time thoroughly cleansing them. l

. The water may be poured oi through the perforated cover B, aud cleanwater introduced as often as may be required for perfecting theoperation.

This agitator and perforated coverB may be attached' to an ordinarypail, so that the machine may be constructed at 'slight expense.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent Thevegetable-washer, consisting, of the agitator- E,

shaft D, crank, h, cross-bar G, and hinged perforated cover B,A when theupper surfaces of the arms of the agitator are. bevelled in 'oppositedirections, forming.

thin edges f, and thickl backs g, all arranged within the pail A, tooperate' as herein set forth and shown.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 24th day ofApril, 1868...

' L. B. SHERWIN.

Witnesses:

/ A. E.'H0YT,

CHA-.nnss COLEMAN;

